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UNITED STATES PATENT orrica.

FREDERICK 'A. HART, OF NEW BRITAIN, CONNECTICUT, ASBIGNOB 'I'O REMINGTONTYPEWRITER COMPANY, OF ILION, NEW YORK, A CORPORATION OF NEW YORK.

'rYrEwnrrmG MACHINE.

Application filed m a, 1926. Serial No. 0,403.

My invention relates to typewriting and like machines, and more artcularly to socalled billing mechanism or such machines.

The main objects ofmy invention, generally stated, are to providecomparativelysimple yet highly efficient mechanism of thecharacterspecified which .may be employed in various kinds of billingoperations; by which various features or devices of the construction maybe automatically 'controlled; inwhich a novel line indicatin device isautomatically shifted into an out of position for use; in which,-in someinstances, there may be an independent 'control of certain of saiddevices; in which various work sheets may be readily and rap idlyintroduced into the machine and adother previously introduced'sheets andby which various work sheets may readily ,be introduced rearwardly intothe machine from in front of and beneath the platen.

To the above and other ends which will hereinafter appear, my inventionconsists in the features of construction, arrangements of parts andcombinations of devices set forth in the following description andparticularly pointed out in the accompanying claims.

. In the drawings which illustrate one form of mechanism embodyingmy'invention, and

in which various reference characters designate corresponding parts inthe different views,

Fig. 1 is a fragmentary, vertical, fore and aft sectional view showing asuflicient number of parts of a typewrit-ing machine to illustrate myinvention in its embodiment therein; thesection being taken on the line11 of Fig. 2 and looking in the direction of the arrows at said-line,and illustrating the parts in normal position.

Fig. 2 is a fragmentary top plan view of the same.

Fig. 3 is a view corresponding in part to Fig. 1 but showing the partsin abnormal position- Fig. 4 is an enlarged, detail, vertical,

transverse, sectional view of the front paperdeflector and the means formounting the same; the section being taken on the line 44 of Fig. 2 andlooking in the direction of the arrows at said line.

Fig. 5 is an enlarged, detail, fragmentary,

.side elevation of a part of the mechanism as seen from the left of thecarriage and with the parts positioned to receive a work sheet I andcarbon sheet L.

. Fig. 6 is an enlarged, detail, fragmentary sectional view of one ofthe feed roller carriers and the associated parts; the section beingtaken on theline 6-6 of Fig. 5 and .looking in the direction of thearrows at Fig. 9 is alike view of the same showing a differentadjustmentof the feed rollers, and

connecting bars of different lengths coacting therewith to accord withthe different adjustment of the rollers.

Fig. .10 is an enlarged, fragmentary, detail, top plan view, with partsin section, of thefeed rollers 87 and the means associated therewith forsupporting and applying pressure to said feed rollers; the view 1n partcorresponding to a section taken on the line 1010 of Fig. 1 and lookingin the direction of the arrows at said line.

Fig. 11 is a fragmentary top plan View showing a modified form of a partof the construction.

Fig. 12 is a detail perspective view of the combined paper table anddouble deflector, shown'detached from the machine.

' Figs. 13 and 14 are fragmentary, dia

grammatic, front viewsof the line indicator,

showing in Fig. 13 how it indicates-the tops of the printed charactersat the printing line without obscuring them, and showing in Fig. 14 howthe bottoms of the previously printed characters may be made to registerwith the line indicator, when desired.

. Fig. 15 is a diagrammatic, fore and aft, vertical sectional viewillustrating the parts as they appear after the sheets R, B have beenintroduced in place. 4

Fig. 16 is a like view showing the parts as they appear ready foradjusting the sheets R, R (if necessary) as well as other sheets,

with the aid of the line indicator.

Fig. 17 is a likeview showing the parts disposed as they appear afterthe sheet L has been introduced and adjusted in the machine.

Fig. 18 is a corresponding view showing the parts disposed as theyappear after the sheets I and L have been introduced and properlyadjusted in the machine and the operator is ready to proceed with thewritmg. i

In the present instance I'have illustrated my invention embodied in aRemington bookkeeping machine, 'Model No. 23, in which the devices ofthe present invention may be readily incorporated without modifyin ormaterially modifying, other structura features of said machine as itnow.exists. It should be understood, however, that the invention is notrestricted to use in such machines but may be embodied in typewritingmachines generally, wherever found available. T

The present invention may be used in various kinds of billingoperations, where two. or more work sheets are to be correlated in themachine and printed at a single operation. However, I do not deem itnecessary to describe specifically the many different forms of billingoperations in which the ma chine may be used. It is suflicient for anunderstanding of the present invention to specifically describe'one modeof billin that "may be successfully carried out with the 1 entr aid ofthe present machine, and perhaps briefly refer to some of the variousother methods in connection with which the ma chine may be employed.

One method of using the machine which will be specifically referred tois its employment, for example, by a public service corporation such as,say, an electric light, or gas company, for simultaneously, or at onewriting, making out'a bill, making corresponding entries on the ledgersheet carrying the account, and on a record or register sheet. whichreceives the entrieswritten on all of the individual bill and ledgersheets. In the example referred to the register sheet and itsaccompanying carbon sheet remain in the machine. The ledger sheet, whichusually requires but a single cross line entry at a tlme, sa for themonth for which the is ma e may be in the nature of a blan withdifferent vertically ruled columns to be filled in underappropriateprinted headings; each cross line of the sheet beincgl ruled ofihorizontally and given over to a ifierent month, and the entire sheetcovering a period of anywhere from, say, eighteen to thirty-six months.provided to enable each ledger sheet and its accompanying carbon sheetto be quickly 1ntroduced and properly positioned to receive therequisiteentries in the line allotted for the month in question with )utdisturbin the previously introduced register sheet an Means areitscompanion carbon sheet. Means also are provided for then 1 quicklyentering a bill sheet into the machine in front of the platen, andaccurately positioning it in proper correlation with the previouslyintroduced ledger sheet and the printing line. The entries may then bemade on the bill sheet and these Will be transferred through inter--posed. carbon sheets to the ledger and register sheets. If desiredadditional entries may be made on the ledger sheet which are not toappear on the bill or register sheet. The bill and ledger sheets arethen rapidly withdrawn from the machine WltllOlIt disturbing theregister sheet and its companion carbon sheet, and another'ledger sheetand a bill sheemna then be quickly introduced as before, and so on.

In some instances the Remington bookkeeping machine, 'Model #23, isequip ed with power driven carriage return mec anism such as isdisclosed in my Patent No. 1,567,590 dated December 29, 1925.- I haveshown my invention embodied in such a machine, but have shown only somuch thereof as is neces.:ary to arrive at an understanding of thepresent invention in its embodiment therein.

The frame of the machine is of the usual construction and includes a topplate 1 carrying fixed guide rails 2, oppositely grooved to receivecrossed anti-friction guide rollers 3. These rollers are also receivedin oppositely grooved carriage rails 4 at the front and rear of thecarriage, said rails being connected with the end bars 5 and 6 of thecarriage.

The carriage, which is power driven in the usual manner, isthussupported and mounted to travel from side to side of the machine overthe top plate under control ofthe usual escapement mechanism (notshown), and in some instances under control of the usual tabulatormechanism. This latter mechanism is represented in part in Fig. 1 by thetabulator frame 7, the decimal stops 8 and column stops 9. Said columnstopsare carried by a column stop bar 10, secured to brackets 11 whichproject rearwardly from and are fixed to the carriage. In the machine inwhich the present. invention is shown embodied, the carriage may bereturned b a motor 12. as disclosed in said hereinbe ore mentionedpatent.

In order to prevent work sheets in the machine from extending back fromthe carria e and fouling on the tabulator frame 7, an parts of the motor12, etc, there is provided a sheet metal protecting shield or papertable 13, which is fixed to the carriage and extends" substantiallythroughout the width thereof." In the present instance this shield formsan integral part of a paper table 14 to be hereinafter fully described.

The platen 15 is carried. by the platen lll) frame in the usual manner,said platen frame comprising end plates 16 and 17 united by a cross bar18. The platen frame is connected to the carriage or truck by links 19and 19 in the usual manner, which links ordinarily guide the platenframe in that they will hold the bu ers 21 which.

surround the platen shaft a ainst the upper case shift stops 22. This hods the platen at all times in Its upper case position where itwill coactwith the outermost types 23 oh the type bars 24. These type bars aremounted in a type bar segment 25 in the usual manner to swing'upwardlyand rearwardly to printing position where they strike against the frontface of the platen. Due to the fact that in the present machine there isno case shifting movement of the platen, the usual case shift keys andmeans controlled thereby up to the. cross bar 18 of the platen frame maybe omitted, leaving room for other devices, as willpresently appear.

The usual ribbon vibrator mechanism is employed so as to interpose theribbon in the path of the types 23 at each actuation of a type bar. Onlythe upper end portion of the ribbon vibrator 26 is shown, it beingunderstood, however, that the vibrator is guided for up and downmovement on the type guide 27 in the usual manner.-

Coming now to the means for controlling and guiding the work sheets, itwill be observed in the first place that there are no' paper feedrollers employed beneath the platemsuch feed rollers as are employedbeing located above the printing line, leaving the space beneath theplaten free for the use of other devices.

There are two curvedpaper deflectors 28 and29 employed beneath theplaten, one arranged above the other and maintained spaced apart byintermediate spacing members or blocks 30 and 31 located near the endsthereof, as shown in detail in Fig. 12. Generally speaking thesedeflectorsbeneath the platen conform to the curvatureof the latter, orare substantially concentric therewith, and extend substantiallythroughoutthe length of the platen. As thus constructed there are twoseparate channels provided, one of which is the open channel 32 betweenthe two deflectors, and which is bounded at its ends by the separatingmembers 30 and 31, either or both of which-may constitute side edgeguides or gages for cooperation with one or both side edges of aworksheet the upper deflector 28. It willbe seen. from an inspection ofFigs. 1, 3 and 5 that the forward edge of the deflector 29 terminates inadvance of the forward edge of the deflector 28. The deflector 28 iscontinued up at the rear to form the upwardly and rearwardly extendingpaper table 14, which terminates at considerable height above theplaten. On the other hand, the deflector 28 terminates in the rear ofthe platen at a much lower point and below the top of the platen, whereit is bent to form a loop, 34' that loosely surrounds a rod 35 fixedlyconnected at its ends to the end plates 16 and 17 of the platen frame.In this manner the rigidly united deflectors 28 and 29, together withthe paper tables 13 and 14, are-mounted on the rod 35 and have a slightpivotal movement around said rod. The construction is such that theheavier parts connected to the paper deflectors in the rear of the pivotrod 35 cause the forward ed e portion of the deflector 28, normally, toIn, lightly pressed. against the platen, or against the interpoi'edsheets R, R. In thls manner the sheets R, R, are held snugly against theplaten, and sheets I, L, L, intended to be introduced rea-rwardly intothe channel 32, are prevented from entering the channel 33. By movingthe upper end of the paper table forward, the'forward end portions ofthe deflectors may be moved downward a limited distance, thus carryingthe forward contact edge of the deflector 28 away from the platen.

In order to facilitate the backward introduction of work sheets into thechannel 32 from in front of the platen, I have provided a guide, shield,or paper deflector 36 that is movable on the carriage from asubstantially horizontally disposed ineffective position in front of theplaten as shown in Fig. 1, we downwardly and rearwardly inclinedeffective position, shown in Fi 3, and vice versa. In order to receive tese movements the deflector 36 is" constpucted and mounted, in thepresent instance, as 7 follows: The sheet metal deflector 36 extendssubstantially throughout the length of the platen and is curved in crosssection so as to present aconvex outer contact face.

instance, each end of the deflector 36 has a depending supporting arm orear 37, indicated as formed integral therewith. The

lower end of 'each arm 37 has a laterally projecting bearing collar orhub 38 riveted thereto, as shown in Fig. 4. A shouldered, headed, pivotscrew 39 extends through each hub 38 and is received at its threaded endin a tapped opening in the inner end of a supporting pin 40. One of thesupporting pins is secured by suitable means to, and projects inwardlyfrom, the end plate 16 of the platen frame, whereas, the other pin issecured to the end plate 17. In the present instance the outer threadedend-portion 41 of eachpin is screwed into a tapped opening in itsassociated plate 16 or 17 and is firmly held against movement therein byalock nut 42. In this manner the deflector is mounted on the platenframe for pivotal movement to and from eflt'ective position. The meansby which such movements of the deflector 36 are effected will now bedescribed.

As bestshown in Figs. 1 and 4; a headed, shouldered, pivot. screw 43 isreceived at its threaded end in a tapped opening in the lefthand arm 37to provide a pivotal connection between said arm and the rear end of anactuating link 44. As best seen in Fig. 3, the forward end of the link44 is pivoted at 45 to the lower arm 46 of a lever-47, of the firstorder, pivoted to the carriage and having an upper arm 48. As shown inFig. 6, the lever 47 has a hub 49 fixed thereto. This hub turns on afixed pivot rod 50 sup ported at its ends in fixedbracket arms 51' and52 secured to the carriage. The end'of the pivot rod 50, which issupported in the bracket arm 51, is slabbed-ofi at 53, where it isreceived in a. correspondingly shaped opening in said bracket arm tohold the rod against turning; a screw 54 holding the rod on the bracketarm. The upper arm 48 of the lever is pivoted at 55 to a rearwardlyextending link 56, which in turn is pivoted at its rear end, at 57, to acurved lever or crank arm 58. The link 56 has an upwardly extendingfinger piece 59, by which the link 56 and the parts connected therewithmay .be manually actuated. As best shown in Fig. 7, the lower end of thecrank arm 58 is provided with a hub 60 fixedto the rock shaft 61 whichextends across the carriage and is supported at its ends in bearings inthe end plates 16 and 17. In the present instance each reduced end ofthe shaft is received in a bushing 62 provided with a hexa gonal head63. As shown in dotted lines, Fig. 5. the right-hand end of the shaft 61extends beyond its bearin and beyond the end plate 17, and is slabed-oif at 64 for reception in a corresponding opening in a crank arm 65having a laterally extending projection or lug 66. This arm is securedin place on the shaft 61 by a nut 67 threaded onto the right-hand freeend thereof. The lug 66 is notched in its forward edge to receive thefree end of a wire spring 68. This spring is coiled around a pin 69 andanchored at its opposite end on a screw 69, the pin 69 and screw 69projecting outwardly from the end plate 17 of the platen frame. Theforce of the spring 68 is exerted to return the rock shaft 61 and theparts connected therewith to normal position, shown in I'lg. 1. Theopposite end portion of the rock shaft 61 from that which carries thecrank arm 65 is provided with a second crank arm 70 (Figs. 2 and 5)similar to the crank arm 65, except that there is no tram of actuatingconnections between the arm 70 and the deflector 36, such as existsbetween the arm 65 and said deflector.

Each of the crank arms 65 and 70 carrles a member or carrier 71adjustably mounted thereon by any suitable means. As shown in Fig. 3.each member 71 consists of a plate slotted lengthwise, or up and down.at 72 to receive the stems of beaded screws 73 threaded into tappedopenings in the associate arm 65 or 70. By loosening the screws 73, theplates 71 may be adjusted up or down, and a tightening of the screwsw1ll cause the heads thereof to bind against and hold the plates intheir adjusted POSIlZIOIIS. Each plate is apertured to receive the endof a relatively fine. wire. line-gage or indicator 74 therethrough; Thewire is drawn taut 1 n a straight line between the plates 71 and 1sheaded or bent at each end,-as indicated at 75 in Fig. '7, to prevent itfrom being drawn through the apertures inthe plates 71. As thus mountedthe line-indicator may be adjusted up and down on the arms 65 and 70 todifferentset positions in order that an accurate registration with theprinting line may be effected when said arms hold the line indicator inthe indicating position, shown in Fig. 1. The rear edges of these plates71 contact with the face of the'platen to limit the return movement ofthe arms 65 and 70 and the parts connected'therewith, as shown in Fig.1..

For reasons which will hereinafter more clearly appear, it is desirableat times to have the line indicator 74 register with top edges ofpreviously written characters at the printing line, or to indicate wherethe top edges of the characters will appear on a sheet, as indicated inFig. 13, as well as to register at other times with the bottom edges ofthe characters in the line next above the writing line, as indicated inFig. 14. By maln'ng the diameter of the line-indicator materially lessthan the height of a character to .be written, or less than the spacebetween the tops of the characters in one line and the bottoms of thecharacters in the next line above. as indicated in these figures. I amenabled to use the line-indicator in the manner described, it beingunderstood that the indicator cannot obscure any of the writtencharacters beneath or below it, thus radically distinguishing theline-indicator from those heretofore used.' This, therefore, is animportant advantage aside from the fact that the indicator occupies butlittle space and can be effectively used in combination with thedeflector 36 in front of the platen where the parts are closely relatedand there v is but little room in which to mount the parts and produce ashifting of the lineindicator out of eifective position when saiddeflector is shifted to effective position,.and vice versa, all as willhereinafter more clearly appear.

Briefly the operation of the parts thus far described is as follows:

A movement of the finger piece 59 from the Fig. l to the Fig. 5positionresults in shifting the line-indicator 74 to ineffective ornon-indicating position, and in shifting the front deflector 36 from theino erative, or ineffective, Fig. 1, position, to t e eifective oroperative positiomshownfin Fig. 5. It will be seen from a comparison ofthese figures that this shifting of the deflector 36 carries it from theFig. 1 position, where it is out of the path of the types 23, 'to theFig. 5 position, where it IS interposed in the patlr of said types andcrosses the printing line. This shifting of the deflectorfifi changesits angular position, as well as effecting a bodily movement thereoffore and aft of the machine, so that when it reaches the Fig. 5 positionit will overlie and extend in the rear of the front edge of thedeflector 29 and be positioned where it will direct downwardly insertedwork sheets into the channel 32. With the parts disposed in thisposition, a work sheet L may be readily introduced from the front of theplaten and shifted rearwardly beneath the latter through the channel 32without danger of the paper catching on the ribbon vibrator'26 or typeguide 27. When the finger piece 59 is released by the operator thevarious arts referred to will be returned to normal ig. 1 position bvthe spring 68, leaving the lineindicator 74 in position where it maycoact with the sheet L to aid in properly positioning the latter toreceive a line of imprints on the proper cross line thereof.

It ma here be pointed out that the movement 0 the deflector 36 andindicator 74 described above under control of the finger piece 59 iseffected independently of an automatic shifting of said parts by ashifting operation of certain of the paper feed rol ers, as willpresently ap ear.

I will now describe 1; e construction and arrangement of one form ofpaper feed roller mechanism embodying my invention, and the meanswhereby a shlftmg of oertaln of said feed rollers automatically bringsabout a shifting of the deflector 36and the indicator 74.

' each spring 81 to Referring more particularly to Figs. 1, 2

and 10, it will be seen that a cross bar or supported on the left-handend portion of the rod 76 is an elongated hub or bearing sleeve 78 of aforwardly. extending supporting arm 79 which is fixed to the hub. Aspacing washer 80 maintains the arm 79 separated from the end plate 16.A coiled spring 81 surrounds the hub 78 and rod 76 and is fixed at oneend to a collar 82 on the rod 76, said collar being held in position onthe rod by a set screw 83. The other end of said spring is connected tothe supporting arm 79, so that the force'of the spring 1s exerted tomove said arm downward around the pivot rod. An adjustment of the collar82 to different set positions around the pivot rod 76 is effective toincrease or decrease the force of the spring 81 on the arm 79, dependingon the adjustment of the collar in one direction or the other aroundsaid rod, thereby giving an individual tension adjustment for said arm.The arm 79 extends forward over the platen and is provided with abearing opening 84 that receives the reduced end 85 of the cross bar orspindle 86 on which aper feed rollers 87, preferably two in num er, aremounted to turn. A shouldered, headed screw 88 is threaded into a tappedopening in the left-hand end of the rod 86 to prevent a disconnection ofthe rod from its arm 79. It will be seen from one end of the rollersupporting rod 86 etc.,'

is duplicatedatthe other end of said rod. Corresponding referencenumerals will therefore be used to designate the *corresponding parts atthe other end of the rod. The rather loose mounting of the rollerbearing rod 86 in the bearings 84 enables said rod to change its angularrelation to said arms so that. it may assume a position out of exactparallelism with the axis of the platen shaft. This construction-enablesa ply its force individually to the associated end. of the rollercarryin rod 86, and to the roller 87 nearest said en and effect anaccurate feed of the wo rk sheet R and companion carbon sheet R undervarying conditions of use, and cause by said rollers.

Suitable means are shown to enable each feed roller 87 to be adjusted todifferent positions along the shaft or rod 86 to accord with the widthof the work sheet R, and corres onding carbon sheet R, with which thefee rollers 143 coact, preferably at and near the margins thereof. Thus,as seen in Fig. 10,a small coiled spring 89 surrounds the spindle 86 andhas a friction-tight binding action thereon, and is contained looselywithin a chamber 89' in the bearing member 90 of the companion rubbercovered feed rollers 87. The spring 89 retains the roller in the ositionto which it is adjusted along the rod 86, while allowing the roller toturn freely.

By swinging the rod'86 and, arms 79 upward and rearward away f om theplaten and around the pivot rod 76,.the leading edges of the sheets Rand It may be readily introduced beneath the feed rollers 87. Theoperator then releases the parts and said feed rollers will press theshcetsR and R against the platen, to the exclusion of all other sheetsintroduced in the machine, as indicatedin Figs. 5 and 18.

In addition to the paper feed rollers 87 I employ, in accordance withthe present invention, one or more sets of feed rollers deending on theuse of the machine ,as a two-sheetbiller, or for more than two worksheets. The construction in the pres.

ent instance is shown and specifically .described mone example of itsuse as a so- "called three-sheet biller, and consequently I haveillustrated two additionat sets of paper feed rollers 91 and 92. Theserollers areshown arranged above the printing line and preferably are inthe nature of two sets of margin feed rollers located in axial alignmentforward of the feed rollers 87. The feed rollers 92 are more widelyseparated than the rollers 91 and are intended to co- 0 crate onl withthe wider ledger sheet L in t e examp e shown, whereas the rollers 91coast, in the example shown with the narrower bill or invoice sheet Oneor more sets of these rollers may be employed, dependin on therequirements, and from the broa er aspects of my invention, they may bemounted in any suitable manner to attain the ends in view. As shown inthe present instance. these paper feed rollers are mounted forindividual adjustment longitudinall of the platen; they are arranged sothat the rollers of each set or pair may be shifted inunison intoand outof contact with the platen or the work sheet with which they coact; theyare arranged so that the rollers of either set may be shifted in unisonindependently of the rollers of the other set, or the rollers of bothsets may be shifted in unison at a single operation.

The construction also includes means whereby the deflec or-36 andline-indicator of which will hereinafter more clearly ap- I pear.

The specific means disclosed for mounting and connecting these feedrollers and automatically actuating the other parts mentioned to attainthe ends specified are illustrative of but one form of constructionembodying my invention, and I am aware that other means may be employedfor this pur-- pose.

In the present instance each of the feed rollers 91 or 92 is pivotallysupported in a yoke-like carrying member 93, 94, 95 or 96, pivotallymounted on the pivot rod 50, hereinhefore described, to swing thereonand thus carry the companion feed roller into and out of effectiveposition. Suitable individual detent or holding mechanism is employed tohold each roller in either of such positions and cause the roller tobear, with a spring pressure, against the appropriate work sheet whenthe roller is in effective position.

The detent mechanism in question. is.- in each case similar to thatdisclosed on a large scale in Fig. 6, from whichit will be seen that acollar or sleeve 97 surrounds the pivot rod 50 intermediatethe arms ofthe yokelike carrier and is secured to the rod by a set screw 98. Anadjustment of the collar 97 along the pivot rod with the yoke determinesthe, position of the companion feed roller longitudinally of the platen,and when the set screw 98 is tightened, axial movement of the collar andits companion yoke is prevented without interfering with the pivotal.movement of the yoke. A follower 99 is slotted at 100 on opposite sidesthereof to receive the pivots 101 of a small metal detent roller 102.The pivots 101 slide as well as turn in bearing slots 103-in the arms ofthe associated yoke. A leaf spring 104 is attached intermediate itsends, at 105, to the follower 99, whereas the outer free ends of thespring bear against the end walls-of the bearing slots 103. 'From aninspection of Fig. 1,it will be understood that the lower rear side ofeach collar 97 is slabbed-ofi' at -.106 forming an inclined contact facewith or groove 107 or'108 formed therein to re-' tain the'yoke in thedefinite predetermined position to wh ch it may be shifted and re- $151;the reaction of a certain returning spring as willpresently appear. Itwill be understood that the diameter of the collar 97 is much "greaterthan the pivot rod 50, so that the spring detent acts on the collar muchmore effectively than it would if it contacted directly with the -rod 50of smaller diameter. The detent mechanism described above is;substantially the same for each of the feed rollers 91 and 92 except, asindicated above, thatin some instances, as for the left-hand yoke 93,retaining grooves 107 and 108 are provided in collar 97 for cooperationwith the roller detent 102. Therefore, the same reference characters areemployed to designate the different detent devices. The yoke of eachfeed roller 91 and 92 is much the same except for the yoke 96. This yokefor the right-hand roller 92 may have its side arms brought together andunited at 109, as shown in Fig. 1. This is inorder to give greatervisibility to the right-hand exposed margin of the work sheet L. Ifdesired, the other yokes 93, 94 .and 95 may be constructedin a likemanner.

From what has been said it will be understood that there is anindividual spring pressure exerted on each of the feed rollers 91 and92. In order that each companion pair of these feed rollers 91 and 92may be shifted into and outof effective position in unison, and by asingle operation, without, nevertheless, impairing the individual springpressure of the feed rollers on the platen, I provide the followingdescribed means v Referring more specifically to Figs. 1, 8 and 9,'itwill be seen that the cross bar of each yoke or feed roller carrier isprovided with a forwardly projecting, headed, pin 110. A sheet metal,slightly flexible or resilient, connecting -bar 111 is bifurcated orslotted at its ends, as indicated at 112, to receive the stems of thepins 110 on the yokes of the companion pair of feed rollers 91 or 92.The end yokes 93 and 96 extend further.-

forward than the intermediate'ones, 94 and 95, so that one set of yokes,and the connecting bar 111 therefor, will not interfere with the pivotalmovement of the yokes and bar of the other set. It will be understoodthat the bars 111 may be readily connected to or detached from theirrespective carriers or yokes, and that bars of different lengths may beemployed, depending on the adjustment of the yokes along the pivot rod50, or the distance that the rollers of each pair are to be maintainedspaced apart .on the pivot rod. In Figs. 8 and '9 I have illustrateddifferent relative adjustments of the feed rollers and yokes, theconnecting bars 111 in Fig. 9 being shorter than the corresponding barsin Fig: 8. I,

The left hand oke 93 is provided with an upwardly exten ing arm 113which terminates in a laterally projecting finger piece 114, as bestshown in Figs. 2and 5. A cor-' responding arm 115 and finger piece 116is fixed on the left hand yoke 9 1 of the other set. As. shown in Fig.2, the arms 113 and 115 are secured on adJacent arms of the twoleft-hand yokes 93 and 94, and the two finger pieces 114 and 116 projectoutwardly away from each other. This permits, when desired, anadjustment of the two left yokes in close relationship. Such anadjustment is not always necessary or desired, and where the twoleft-hand rollers are to be maintained more widely separated, as shownin Fig. 11, the finger pieces may be extended towards each other, asindicated at 114 and 116 in Fig. 4. In either event, however, the

finger pieces are arranged in such close relationship, one to the other,that they may be simultaneously grasped by one hand of the operator, ifdesired. It is, therefore,

easy to turn both yokes to which the finger pieces are connected to anupright position,

(see Fig. 3) carrying the companion feed rollers to inell'ectiveposition and transmitting motion through the connecting bars 111 to theother yokes, and thus effect a simultaneous shifting of all-four feedrollers 91 and 92 away from the platen. On the other hand, a shifting of.the finger piece 114 merely results in shiftin both feed rollers 92,and a shifting of the finger piece 116 results in a shifting of bothfeed rollers 91 independently of the feed rollers 92. The slightresiliency in each of the bars 111, while not interfering with theindependent spring pressure applied to each of the feed rollers, 91, 92,by lts spring 104, nevertheless causes both feed rollers operativelyconnected by each bar 111 to be thrown ofl together, or substantially inunison.

' The locking groove 107 in which the associated detent roller 102 isseated, when the yoke 93 is in the thrown-off upright position, moreeffectively holds said yoke and the parts automatically controlledthereby, in their actuated positions and against the reaction of thereturnin spring 68, as will presently appear. On t e other hand, thelocking groove 108 and associated detent roller 102, hold the yoke 93and the feed rollers 92 controlled thereby in the interme diate Fig. 16position.

The control of the deflector 36 and the line indicator 74 isautomatically effected by a shifting movement of certainof the abovementioned feed "ollers by the following means: Referring particularly toFigs. 1, 3 and 5, it will be seen that an inwardly extending pin 117pro'ects from the lever arm 46. This pin extends in the ath of the lefthand arm of the yoke 93 be ow the pivotal center on which the yoketurns, and as said "oke is moved from the normal, Fig. 1

position, to the Fig. 3 position to release the feed rollers There is.a, lost. motion of said yoke arm before the pin 117 is picked upthereby, for purposes which will presently appear. However, when theyoke arm in question reaches the pin the latter will continue itsmovement with the arm, shifting the lever 47 and the parts connectedtherewith from the Fig. 1, to the Fig. 3 position. The elfect ofautomatically actuating the lever 47 in this manner is the same asoperating the finger piece 59 to the limit of its operating movement.This, as previously described, results in moving the line indicator 7 4to nonindicating' position and in moving the deflector 36 to effectiveposition, as shown in Fig. 3. The parts will be held in such positionsunder the action of ,the companion spring pressedroller detent 102 inthe groove 107, and against the reaction of the spring 68, until themargin feed rollers 92 are again returned by hand to effective position.The deflector 36 and line indicator 74 will then be returned to theirnormal positions disclosed in Fig. 1 by the spring 68.

' While, as has reviously been pointed out, the machine of t e-presentinvention may be used diflerently under different conditions, I willcontinue the assumption of acondition of use hereinbefore pointed out,in which a record or register sheet R, a carbon sheet R therefor, aledger sheet L, a carbon sheet-L therefor, and a bill sheet I, areemployed to be simultaneously written on, with possible additions madedirectly in the right-hand margin of the sheet L only. In some instancesa protecting sheet (not shown) is employed in front of the carbon sheetR, but this is not absolutely necessary and is ignored in the presentinstance. Assuming that the margin feed rollers 91 and 92 are in theupright ineffective position, the record sheet R and its carbon sheet Rof the same size (placed with its transfer face next to the record.sheet) are first introduced to gether from the rear of the platen throuh the channel 33. These sheets are proper y.

positioned widthwisewith the aid of any suitable side edge gage, as 86,and their leadin ends are inserted beneath the feed rollers 87 whichalone contact directly with the sheet R. The positions of the parts atthis time are diagrammatically illustrated in Fig. 15. In thusintroducing the sheetsR and R, they may be fed forward or back with theaid, of the platen 15 and feed rollers 87, and

if necessary properly adjusted with reference to the printing line. Ifdeslred, the llne indicator 74 may be used in aiding in the adjustmentof. these sheets, or any sheetswith whichthe/rollers 87 may be used tocoact. In order that the line-indicator may be temporarily usedat thistime, the finger piece 114 is employed to move the feed rollers 92 downto the position indicated in Fig. 16 where they are retained free fromthe platen by the associated detent 102 seating itself in the lockinggroove, 108, as indicated. By reason of the lost motion between the feedroller carrier or yoke 93 and the pin 117, this is the point where inthe releasing motion of said carrier the pin '11? is picked up. Itfollows, therefore, that at this time, the line indicator 74 and thedeflector 36', are in their normal positions, as shown in Fig. 16 withthe line-indicator in position for use in front of the sheets R, R.

Next the ledger sheet L is introduced rearwardly through the channel 32,but before thisis done thefeed rollers 92 are returned to the Fig. 15position, thereby automatically restoring the deflector 36 and theline-indicator 74. to the Fig. 15 position, Where said deflector willaid in directing the backwardly introduced ledger sheet into. thechannel 32.. As the ledger sheet is then inserted backwardly it will beguided up in the rear of the platen between the deflectors 28 and 29,and with theleft-hand side edge of the sheet against the side wall 30 ofthe channel 32, the sheet will be accurately positioned widthwise withreference to the platen and the previously introduced register sheet Rand its carbon sheet R. Then by moving the rollers 92 down to Fig. 16position the line-indicator 74 is rendered effective to obtain theproper adjustment of the ledger sheet L in the line space direction.

This is attained with the aid of the lineindicator 74 by registering,say, the printed line dividing the first cross column from the printedheadings with the line indicator, to write below said indicatorin thefirst or January cross column, as indicated in Fig. 7. The margin feedrollers 92 are turned down into eifective position to coact with themarginal portions of the sheet L, the parts at this time being disposedasindicated in Fig. 17. Any suitable adjustable end paper stops (notshown) may be provided to coact with the bottom edge of the ledgersheet. All succeeding ledger sheets L introduced into the machine durin'say, the'same month, may then be quick and accurately positioned in aline feed direction with the aid of such end stops, and without usingthe line-indicator. A single adjustment of such end stops for the nextmonth will suflice for all of the ledger sheet entries to be made inthat month. The widthwise positioning of each ledger sheet on thecarriage is accurately and quickly determined by positioning theleft-hand edge of each ledger sheet against the left-hand channel 32between the end walls 30 and 31,

then both of such walls will act as side ages. I g New in introducing abill sheet I, which is usually of considerably less length than therecord and ledger sheets, a carbon sheet L oi? the same length and widthas the bill sheet may be introduced with the latter. That is true unlessthe bill sheet has a carbonized haclr, in which instance no carbon sheetL is required. 7

With the sheets R, R and L held in position by their respective feedrollers 87 and 92, as shown, in Fig. 5, the bill'sheet I and carbonsheet L. may be readily introduced downwardly and rearwardly from infront of the platen into'the channel 32. At this time the parts are inthe position indicated in Fig. 5, being teporarily moved to and held insuch position by actuating the finger piece 59 with one hand, whileintroducing the sheets I and L into the channel 32 with the other hand.From the position of the parts indicated'in this figure, it will be seenthat the line indicator 74 has been moved out of theway to aninefiective position, and that the deflector 36 has been moved'to aneilective position where it will aid in effectively directing the lowerends of the sheets I and L into'the channel 32. After introducing thework sheets into the channel, as indicated in Fig. 5, and releasing thefinger piece 59, the parts 36 and 74 will return to normal position, asshown in Fig. 18, when said sheets I and L may be adjusted foraccurately determining the proper position of the sheets in the linefeed direction with the aid of the line indicator 4. If desired suitableend stops (not shown) may be employed for positionin the sheet I and Lafter obtaining the initial positioning thereof with the aid shown inFig. 18.

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of the line indicator. The feed rollers 91 are then moved down toeffective position, clamping the sheets I and L to the platen, as

' The machine is now in condition to write the bill, and in doing this amanifold copy thereof will be written in its appropriate place on theledger sheet through the interposed carbon sheet L. A manifold copy alsowill be made on the record sheet B through the interposed carbon sheetR. When the bill sheet is written, the feed rollers 91 and 92 aresimultaneously swung upward to the upright inefi'ective osition b thefinger ieces 114 and 116, see Fig. 3 thereby reeasing the sheets I, L'and L While the sheets R and R remain clamped in osition by their feedrollers 87. The act ofthrowing the feed rollers 91 and 92 to uprightposition not only frees the work sheets as described, but also resultsin moving the deflector 36 to the positions indicated in Fig. 3, therebyenabling the sheets, I, L' and L to be readily withdrawn, leaving thesheets R and R in the machine. The machine is conditioned to receivefirst a new ledger sheet L and then anew bill sheet I, with anaccompanying carbon sheet L, in the manner hereinbefore indicated, andso on as successive bills are written.

It will be understood that by arranging the feed rollers 87 above -theplaten and in the rear of the feed rollers 91 and 92 I am enabled to'locate said feed rollers 87 so that they will coact only with the sheetsR and R and that said rollers 87, together with the forward edge ofthedeflector 28, firmly hold said sheets in position on'the platen whilethe other sheets I, L and L are being removed from the machine and otherlike sheets are being introduced into the machine in place thereof. y

- It will be understood that-in returning the carriage after the lastline on a bill is Written, the platen will be automatically line spaced,which will feed the record sheet R and companion carbon sheet R forwardone space ready to receive the manifold copy of the next bill entered onthe record sheet.

-I have hereinbefore indicated that the present machine is capable of avery wide range of use, and may be employed with or without slightchange in almost any character of billing or like work wherein two or.more sheets are employed, and where one or more work sheets areintroduced into and removed from the machine, while another or othersheets are retained in the machine and a certain correlation is requiredbetween the sheet or sheets retained in the machine and those introducedtherein from time to time.

For example, let it be supposed that the machine is to be used as acheck-writing mschine, in which a copy is to be made of all checks asthey are written. In this event the checks only would be rearwardlyintroduced into the channel 32. The record of the checks written wouldbe manifolded through the carbon sheet R on the record sheet R,'both ofwhich latter sheets are fed through 'the separate channel 33. In thisevent the-sheet R would constitute a :pay

roll or register sheet and there woul no necessity for the feed rollers91, as the I feed rollers 92 would be properly adjusted and arranged tocoact with the checks.

Generally speaking the sheet R, if used in book-keeping work withaledger sheet, may

constitute a so-called register or proof sheet. If used when copyininvoices it may constitute a sales sheet or a disit may constitute apayroll or re 'ster sheet. In each event, however, the 8 sets tributingsheet. If used in check-writing them as the case may be) are removedafter each writing, and new sheets entered in place thereof.

One specific instance of the advantages of the use of the line indicator74 to coact or register with the tops as well as the bottoms of thewritten characters is given below.

In the #23 Remington bookkeeping machine, in which the present inventionis embodied, as hereinbefore indicated, the carriage is automaticallyreturned at a predetermined point in its forward travel and the platenis automatically line spaced.

In using said machine in ordinary'commercial bookkeeping, where a billsheet and companion ledger sheet are written at one operation, theautomatic return of the carriage and line spacing operation are efiectedat difierent predetermined points. In one case the return of thecarriage is effected immediately after the-balance is written (see Fig.14), and consequently the carriage 'is to the right, and the platenline-spaced when the next ledger sheet is introduced. In another'casethe new ledger sheet may be introduced while the carriage is at the leftand before it is automatically returned. The different cases mentionedabove depend on whether the pick-up column is on the right-hand or theleft-hand side of the ledger sheet, both forms being indicated in Figs.13 and 14. It follows, therefore, that in some instances a bill sheetand corresponding ledger sheet will be inserted and ositioned with theaid of the line indicator 4, and the pick-u written when the carriage isnear the le -hand end of its travel, whereas in other instances, thesesheets will be inserted and positioned, and the pickup written, afterthe carriage has been returned to the right, andthe platen automaticallyline-spaced. For this reason a newly inserted ledger sheet in oneinstance will be brought with the upper ends of the characters in'thelast previously written line on the sheet substantially in register withthe line indicator, whereas in another instance the lower ends of saidcharacters will be brought substantially in register with the indicator.This will be brought out even more specifically in the followingconcrete example illustrated in Figs. 13 and 14.

The first entry made in each instance is entered, usually on the marginof the ledger sheet,'and consists in writing the pick-up, or oldbalance. This is in order that the old balance may be introduced intothe adding machine for addition therein to the amountoi the new entriesto be made, and thereby correctl give the amount of the new balance w ensuch entries are comleted. Thereis a special column on the edger sheetfor writing the amount of the pick-up, which column usually extendsbeyond a side edge of the bill, so that such pick-up? entries willappear on the led er sheet, but not on the bill sheet. In some in--stances the pick-up column is at the righthand side of the ledger sheet,as shown in Fig. 13, and in other cases the pick-up column is at theleft-hand side-edge of the ledger sheet, as shown in Fig. 14. In theexample shown in Fig. 13, a newly introduced ledger sheet is insertedand adjusted to register the top edges of the numerals of the previousentry, 7.55; 36.30 etc. with the line indicator 74 while the carriage isto the left, where it remained after writing thepreviously withdrawnbill and ledger sheets. The carriage being positioned to write withinthe pick-Jpc Iumn the amount of the last balance 36.30, in the instanceindicated, such amount will be written in said pick-up column beneaththe line indicator 7 4 and in horizontal alignment with the entry towhich it applies, as indicated in dotted lines. The carriage is thenautomatically returned and line-spaced, bringing the bill and ledgersheets in position to receive the next entry, with the amount of thelast pickup set up in the appropriate register of the adding machine tobe added to the amounts of the next entries to be made.

On the other hand, when the pick-up is to be made at the left-hand sideof the sheet, as indicated in Fig. 14, the carriage was automaticallyreturned and the platen line was written in the last column; thecarriage being returned to a position where writing may be produced inthe left-hand pick-up column. In introducing and adjusting a new ledgersheet at this time, the operator will bring the sheet into positionwhere the bottom edges of the previously written entry 28.75; 5; 156;7.55 etc., will substantially register with the line indicator 74, asshown. The operator then enters the amount of the pick-up, as indicatedin dotted lines", which amount will be written below the line indicator74 and in the same line where the other appropriate succeeding entriesare to be made; the amount of the pick-up being added in the register asbefore. It will be seen, therefore, that the foregoing is one examplewhere the line indicator is to be used at one time to register with thetops or upper ends of previously printed characters to attain thedesired ends (as indicated in Fig. 13) and at another time 'with thebottoms or lower ends of the previously printed characters (as indicatedin Fig. 14) to attain the desired ends; that in both instances theindicator 74 is equally eflicient, and in neither instance obscures theprinted characters or interferes with. the operation of the type ars. Italso will be understood that, in the example indicated above inconnection with Figs. 13 and 14 the distance a sheet is fed spaced afterthe old balance, say 36.60,

up at each line spacing operation accords substantially with the heightof the characters written on the machine. By this arrangement the upperends of a line of previously written characters may be broughtsubstantially into register with the indicator, and at this timeadditional characters may be written in the same line with their upperends substantially in register with the indicator, as shown in dottedlines in Fig. 13. Or, on the other hand, the sheet may be adjusted tosubstantially register the lower ends of the previously writtencharacters of a line with the indicator, as shown in Fig. 14, and anentry added as shown in dotted lines in its proper place, in the nextline below the indicator, and a line space distance below the lastpreviously written line above.

In either instance indicated above the upper ends, say, of characterswritten in one line will, of course, appear substantially one line-spacedistance below the upper ends of the previously written characters inthe next line above. 7

The means that enable the line indicator 74 to be adjusted on the arms58 and 70 enable the indicator to be set, if desired, so that it willsubstantially register with the lower ends of characters as they arewritten on the machine, although I prefer to adjust the in dicator asshown, so that it will substantially register with the upper ends of thecharacters as they are written.

By reason of the construction and arrangement of the parts disclosedherein, it has been found in practice that a pack of disconnected workand carbon sheets may be effectively fed together with the aid of thefeed rollers 91 and 92, or either set of such rollers, without bringingabout a relative displacement between said sheets at the printing line.With the ordinary feed mechanism such a displacement is effected due tothe bending of' the pack around the platen and the resultant fanning ofthe sheets of the pack. Where ruled cross lines are employed on thesheets, and the entries are to be made within given spaces between suchlines or on the lines themselves, it becomes of the utmost importance toprevent any such relative displacement between the sheets of the pack atthe printing line, since otherwise while an entry may be made in itsproper place on one sheet of the pack, such entry may be manlfolded onincorrect lines on the remaining sheets.

This is a matter to be considered aside from the use of the device forbillingpurposes, although it may enter into consideration in certaincharacters of billing operations. It has been found very difiicult. ifnot impossible, heretofore to obtain the above mentioned desired resultswhere a considerable number of sheets are used in the pack.

The effective attainment of the results in the present construction isdue to the fact that the pack may be introduced rearwardly and.downwardly, and guided around the platen from the front thereof whilethe lead ing edges of thesheets constituting the pack are firmly heldtogether, in register, by the operator; the fanning which occurs in thesheets at this time being at the bottom edge portions thereof and remotefrom the printing line. The attainment of 7 the desired results in thepresent construction is due to the further fact that there are -no paperfeed rollers which coact with the platen below the latter, or before theprinting line is reached, the feed rollers coacting with the work sheetsand platen only. at or near the printing line, or at a point beyond orabove the printing line and at a distance not too remote therefrom. Bythis arrangement'the sheets are always held and 35 fed in properregister at the printing line, and the fanning of the sheets alwaysoccurs at the bottom edges of the sheets, and

at points thereof which have not yet reached the printing line. As thepack is fed forward the fanned lower edges of the sheets will straightenand properly register themselves, one with reference to another, beforethe printing line is reached. Therefore, there is no relativedisplacement of the sheets of the pack at the printing line, or at thepoint where each line is written and at the t'me of writing such line.In other words, the fanning of the pack of sheets which inevitablyoccurs when the pack is applied to the platen as described is graduallycor--. rected as the line-by-line feed of the pack takes place so thatat the printing point the ruled lines of all the sheets come intoregister and hence the printing is done "in the same space or on thesame line for each sheet of the pack. This is due to the fact that thepack has only one feeding mechanism or set of rollers at or near theprinting line and there is nothing back of the same to prevent thefanned ends of the sheets from recovering the initial registeredrelationship which they had before placement on the platen.

Various changes may be made in the construction, and certain partsthereof may be employed without others, without departing frommyinvention as it is defined in the accompanying claims. I am aware,moreover, that various features of my construction may be employed incombination with specifically different means from those disclosedherein for controlling the paper feed rollers; and that the means forautomatically and independently controlling the line indicator and frontdeflector may be materially changed without departing from my inventionas it is defined in the accompanying claims, and therefore, from certainaspects of my invention, do not 'limitmyself to the construction shownand described.

What I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is 1. In atypewriting or like machine, a line gage so situated and sufficientlythin to fully expose below the gage printed'cliaracters at the printingline and the tops of which register with the gage.

2. In a typewriting or like machine, a thin wire line gage that will notcover characters printed on the machine and ma be used to register thetops of printed c aracters' at the printing line as well asthe bottomsof printed characters in the next line above the printing line.

3. In a typewriting or like machine, a line gage sufiiciently thin towholly expose below the gage printed characters the tops of whichregister with the gage, and automatically operating means for shiftingsaid gage out of effective position and away from the platen so as toenable a work" sheet to be introduced between said gage and the platen.

4. In a typewriting or like machine, a line gage of less crosswisedimensions than the height of printed characters written on the machine,whereby said gage may register .the tops of characters written at theprinting line as well as the bottoms thereof and whol ly expose belowthe gage printed characters when registering the top of the printingline, and automatically operating means for shifting said gage into andout of effective position.

5. In a typewriting or like machine, 'the combination of a line gageabove the writing the line sufficiently thin to wholly expose below thegage printed characters the tops of which register with the gage, saidgage being shiftable into and out of effective position, a paperdeflector, means for shifting said paper deflector into and out ofeffective position, and means controlled by the said shifting movementsof said deflector for controlling the shifting movements of said linegage into and out of effective position.

6. In a typewriting or like machine, the combination of a thin wire linegage that will not cover characters printed on the machine and may beused to register the tops of characters at the printing line as well asbottoms of printed characters in the next line above, said gage beingshiftable into and out of'eflective position, a paper deflectorshiftable into and out of effective position, and automaticallyoperating means for shifting said line gage into effective position whenthe deflector is shifted out of effective posit-ion and for shifting thegage out of effectiveposition when the deflector is shifted intoeffective position.

ing said deflector to effective position when said feed-rollers aremoved away from the platen.

8. In a typewritingor like machine, the combination of a platen, feedrollers cooperative therewith above the printing line and movabletowards and from the platen, a paper deflector arranged in front of theplaten and shiftable from an effective position in the path of the typeswhere said deflector is effective to guide a work sheetintroducedrearwardly past the printing line, automatically operatingmeans'for shifting said deflector to effective position when said feedrollers are moved away from the platen, and means which enable saiddeflector to be shifted at will into and out of effective positionindependently ofthe movement of said feed rollers towards and away fromthe platen.

9. In a typewriting or like machine, the combination of a platen, twosets of feed rollers disposed atjdiflerent points along the platen, thefeed rollers of each set being shiftable towards and away from theplaten independently of the feed rollers of the other set, a paperdeflector carried by the carriage in front of the platen to, aid inintroducing work sheets from the front of the platen rearwardly aroundand beneath the platen, said deflector being shiftable from anineffective to an effective position in which it is in the path of thetypes, and automatically operating means for shifting said deflector toeffective position when one set of said feed rollers is moved away fromthe platen. v

10. In a typewriting or like machine, the combination of a platen, twosets of feed rollers disposed at different points along the platen, thefeed rollers of each set being shiftable towards and away from theplaten independently of the feed rollers of the other set, a paperdeflector carried by the carriage in front of the platen to aid inintroducing work sheets from the front of the platen rearwardly aroundand beneath the platen, said deflector being shiftable from anineffective to an effective position in which it is in the path of thetypes, automatically operating means for shifting said deflector toeffective position when one set of said feed rollers s moved away fromthe platen, and

means which enable said deflector to be shifted at will into eflectiveposition independently of the operation of said automatically operatingmeans.

, operating means controlled by a movement of said feed rollers awayfrom the platen for shifting said line gage away from eflective positionand for shifting said deflector to effective position.

12. In a typewriting or like machine, the combination of a platen, paperfeed rollers shiftable away from the platen, a paper deflector shiftablefrom an ineffective to an effective position where it will aid inintroducing a work sheet rearwardly around and beneath the laten, meansby which such movements 0 said feed rollers and deflector may besimultaneously effected, and means that enable said deflector to beshifted at will to effective position independently ofthe shifting ofsaid feed rollers.

13. In a typewriting or like machine, the combination of a platen, paperfeed rollers shiftable away from the platen, a line indicator shiftableaway from indicating position, a paper deflector shiftable from anineflective to an effective position whereit will aid in introducting awork sheet rearwardly around and beneath the platen, means by which suchmovements of said feed rollers and deflector may be -simultane-. ouslyeflected, and means that enable such movements of the deflector and lineindicator to be effected at will independently of the shifting of saidfeed rollers.

14. In a typewriting or like machine, the combination of-a carriage, aplaten carried thereby, two curved paper deflectors arranged one abovethe other and extending beneath the platen and with the latter formingtwo separated channels through which work sheets may pass, and a thirddeflector carried by the carriage in front of the platen and shiftablefrom an ineffective position out of the paths of the types to aneffective position in the paths thereof where it will coact with one ofsaid first mentioned curved deflectors and direct a work sheetintroduced rearwardly past the printing line to one said coacting curveddeflector.

15. In a typewriting or like machine, the combination of a carriage, aplaten carried thereby, two curved pa er deflectors arranged one abovethe otlier and extending beneath the platen, means for maintaining saiddeflectors spaced apart so that they with thereby, two curved paper deiithe platen will form two separated channels through which work sheetsmay pass, one

of said channels being between the platen and the upper deflector, theother channel being between the two deflectors, and a third paperdeflector carried. by the carriage in front of the platen and shiftablefrom an ineffective position. out of the path of the types to an effectzposition thereof and where it will direct a work sheet introducedrearwardly past the printing line to the channel between said curveddeflectors.

16. In a typewriting or like no chine, the combination of a carriage, ap carried ors ar standing ranged one above the other and e beneath theto a greater of the platen, means deflectors spaced apart so that theywith the platen will form two separated channels through which worksheets may pass, one of said channels being between the platen and theupper deflector, the other channel being between the two deflectors, athird paper deflector carried by the carriage in front of the platen andshiftabie from an ineffective position out of the path of the types toan effective position in the paths thereof and where it will direct awork sheet introduced rearwardly past the printing line to the channelbetween said curved deflectors, and feed rollers which coact with saidplaten above the printing line.

17. .In a typewriting or like machine, the combination of a. carnage, aplatencarried thereb two curved pa er deflectors arrange one abovetheother and extending beneath the platen, means for maintaining saiddeflectors spaced apart so that they with the platen will form twoseparated eight than the other in the rear for maintaining said in thepaths platen and one of which extends channels throu h which work sheetsmay pass, one of sai channels being between the platen and the upperdeflector, the other channelbeing'between the two deflectors, saidcurved deflectors bein pivotally supported on the carria e so t at theforward edge of the upper de ector may bear lightly against the p aten,and a third paperdeflector carried by the carriage in rout of the platenand shiftable from an ineffective position out of the path of the typesto an

